Slowdown in Soviet Defense Expenditures: Variation of a Suggested Model

Abstract

This thesis examined existing models that attempt to explain the decrease in the growth of Soviet defense expenditures. Two new models were also developed. The first used the mean of a high and low estimated dependent variable in the existing models, and the second added a different independent variable to the models. Likelihood ratios, chi-squared tests, and Chow tests were used in conjunction with the regression models to show a mid-70s change in Soviet leaders' attitudes toward defense needs. The major conclusion of this study was that there was a definite break in the regressions that indicated a change in Soviet defense policy. When all the variables were used, the models exhibited a post-break increase in the growth of Soviet defense expenditures instead of the expected decrease.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1989
Accession Number
ADA212192

Entities

People

  • Michael Fuzy Iii

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Business Administration
  • Data Science
  • Equations
  • Information Science
  • Knowledge Management
  • Military Budgets
  • Military Doctrine
  • Procurement
  • Production
  • Productivity
  • Schools
  • Standards
  • Statistical Tests
  • Theses
  • United States
  • Weapons

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • International Relations and European Studies
  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • Regression Analysis.